Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chebacco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chebac-co
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A (relatively small) narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries.

Example Sentences

"On an evening soon after the first of the year, we went on board a felucca boat (much less than a chebacco) for Leghorn."

Etymology

From Chebacco, the former name of Essex, a town in Massachusetts where such vessels were built, and the still current name of bodies of water in its environment. The town's name derives from Agawam, an Eastern Algonquian language.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

chebaccos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

chebec

Synonyms

pink stern

Questions

What does chebacco mean?: A (relatively small) narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries.
Where does chebacco come from?: From Chebacco, the former name of Essex, a town in Massachusetts where such vessels were built, and the still current name of bodies of water in its environment. The town's name derives from Agawam, an Eastern Algonquian language.

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